street cry


noun
  1. (often plural) the cry of a street hawker

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How to use street cry in a sentence

  • There is, too, a pleasant touch of individuality in the musical street cry that wakes the morn.

    Royal Edinburgh | Margaret Oliphant
  • Suddenly he pitched his voice at the prolonged rasping shout with which he made his street cry.

    McTeague | Frank Norris
  • The latter is frequently heard as a shout or street cry after a man or boy.

    The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
  • So my wife says she has heard them call: some old street cry, no doubt, of which we have so few now remaining.

    Letters of Edward FitzGerald | Edward FitzGerald